Amateur (ham) radio
is a medium by which people can communicate on specific
frequency
ranges designated by the FCC
for personal, hobby, educational / training, or emergency purposes. While the
Ratzlaff family uses ham radio for some or all these purposes at various times,
our primary use of ham radio is for
emergency communications
in the interest of family preparedness
and their associated training.
We have five licensed ham radio operators in our family at DN40dh
(ITU Region 2, CQ Zone 3, ITU Zone 6, Call Sign Area 7,
DXCC Entity 291, GPS 40.297161, -111.6950295):